Italian here, I feel your pain!! I go with tweezing. I tried waxing once and I could handle the pain but I don't like my face feeling THAT smooth. I mean I don't want it hairy.. I just don't want an entire area feeling like that.. So I just pluck what I have to :)

I haven't had that problem since I was 14, lol, but I was mortified! I shaved the little bit of hair that was there off, and it never came back, luckily. I've a friend who's family is mostly italian, she has big problems with it!

Oh man I know what you mean. I call myself the wolverine when I haven't trimmed mine for a while. I used to wax my face but can't afford it so now I just use a face trimmer every week or so that does the job.